About The Word Environment
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Environment
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What's The Definition Of Environment?
[n] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
[n] the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom" Synonyms | Synonyms for Environment: environs | surround | surroundings Related Terms | Find terms related to Environment: ambience | ambient | atmosphere | backdrop | background | cincture | circling | circumambience | circumambiency | circumcincture | circumflexion | circumjacence | circumposition | circumstances | climate | conditions | containment | context | ecosystem | embracement | encincture | encirclement | enclosure | encompassment | enfoldment | envelopment | environs | existing conditions | full particulars | girding | girdling | habitat | inclusion | ins and outs | involvement | locale | medium | milieu | mise-en-scene | set of conditions | setting | situation | status | status quo | surrounding | surroundings | territory | total situation | whole picture See Also | ambiance | ambience | area | arena | background | circumstance | context | domain | ecology | element | field | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | habitat | home | medium | melting pot | milieu | orbit | parts | scene | scope | setting | setting | situation | sphere | state of affairs | street | surroundings Environment In Webster's Dictionary \En*vi"ron*ment\, n. [Cf. F. environnement.]
1. Act of environing; state of being environed.
2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions,
influences, or forces, by which living forms are
influenced and modified in their growth and development.
It is no friendly environment, this of thine.
--Carlyle.
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